Holding means for mops, brushes, and the like



Sept. 10, 1935. c. A. TAYLOR 2,013,871

HOLDING MEANS FOR MOPS, BRUSHES AND THE LIKE Filed March 27, 1933 INVENTOR CHE-5751i A 720 40? W ATTORNEY Patented Sept. 10, 1935 UNE'E'EE STATES PATENT QFHQE HOLDING MEANS FOR MOPS, BRUSHES, AND THE LIKE 3 Claims.

My invention relates to a holder for mops, brushes, and the like, means on the latter to facilitate the holding thereof, and means to facilitate cleaning of corners and the like.

The objects of my invention are:

1. To provide means of this class whereby a mop, brush, duster, squeegee, or other similar implements or articles may be easily and quickly gripped, firmly held and readily and easily detached or released.

2. To provide means of this class having jaw or gripping means whereby the implement or article held is prevented from moving in any direction to any appreciable extent.

3. To provide means of this class whereby the gripping and releasing of various implements or articles is effected without tools or complicated operation, but merely by the compression of a spring.

4. To provide a means of this class whereby the various implements or articles may be secured, or gripped, and again released without touching the implement or article held or gripped.

5. To provide means of this class in which the jaws or gripping members are open at the bottom side so that the jaws or gripping members may be simply spread apart or opened and the holder placed over the implement or article to be gripped.

6. To provide a novelly constructed head for fixedly and rigidly holding a brush or similar implement or article and also for firmly holding and uniformly pressing a mop or dust cloth or similar article against a surface to be cleaned or dusted without in any way injuring the cloth or other article.

'7. To provide a novel, simple, and economical jaw or gripping devices for locating and holding a mop, brush, and the like.

With these and other objects in view as will appear hereinafter, I have devised a holder or means of this class having certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts and portions as will be hereinafter described in detail and particularly set forth in the appended claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawing and to the characters of reference thereon which form a part of this application, in which:

Figure 1 is a top view of my holder in its preferred form of construction showing the same attached to or holding a brush, and showing the handle fragmentarily;

Figure 2 is a side view thereof showing by dotted lines certain positions of some of the elements when shifted;

And Figure 3 is a fragmentary front elevational view thereof.

Like characters of reference refer to similar parts in the several views of the drawing.

The handle I, jaw member 2, clip 3, movable jaw member 4, spring 5, and the compressing member is are the principal parts of the holder in its preferred form of construction.

The handle 5, is of a length and size usually employed in mops or similar devices. At the forward or lower end of the handle is secured the jaw or gripping member 2, by means of a rivet l, which jaw or gripping member extends 5 transversely to the axis of the handle. This jaw member, which may be made of sheet metal, wood, or other material, is provided at its lower and forward portion with a forwardly bent or directed retaining or locating portion 2a. The lower edge of this portion is provided with a backwardly extending or directed portion or lip 2b. The retaining or locating portion 2a is adapted to extend into a recess or groove 8d at the rear side of the holding portion 8 provided at the upper side of the head of the brush 9, or at one side or one end of any other cleaning implement or other article held. The portion or lip 21) engages the upper side of the head of the brush so as to aid in the location and holding of the brush or other implement or article rigidly on the holding means. The portion or lip 21) is positioned at an angle to the axis of the handle, or normally parallel to the floor, and is intended and adapted to uniformly press a cloth or other article against the floor or wall.

The other jaw or gripping member 4 is preferably made of a heavy wire in the form of a ball or U shaped member. The forward end of the member 4 is bent into an eye or loop la which performs a multiple function. The lower or cross portion db is positioned in opposed relation to the jaw of the jaw member 2 and engages the holding portion 8 in the forwardly positioned recess or groove 8a and forces the holding portion against the jaw member 2. The ends of the eye or loop, as indicated by do, are positioned at the ends of the holding portion 8 for preventing endwise movement of the brush. The legs 4d of the member 4 extend backwardly from the upper portion 5 of the eye or loop, parallel to the axis of the handle. These legs are bent inwardly at their rear ends, and are secured at said ends to the spring compressing member 6. The legs 4d are guided in their reciprocal movement in recesses 20 at the lateral ends of the jaw member 2, formed by slots as shown best in Figure 3, and are retained therein by downwardly bent portions or lugs 2d at the ends of the upper portion of the jaw member 2.

Below the forward end of the handle is positioned the clip 3, (which also may be a part of jaw member 2) which fits and is secured to the handle by the rivet 'l and is positioned against the rear side of the locating portion 2a for reinforcing the same.

The member 6 is reciprocally mounted on a handle I, and may be made of wood in the form of a handle, or may be made a part of the rear end of the bail of the jaw member l.

On the handle I, and intermediate the jaw member 2 and clip 3 and the member 6 is positioned the compression spring 5 for normally forcing the jaw or gripping portions of the members 2 and 4 together.

At the rear or outer end of the handle I is a sharpened portion Ia which may be round but which is preferably chisel shaped, as shown. The mop cloth used with my device may be an ordinary cloth. When a normally inaccessible corner or crevice is encountered, the mop cloth is released from between the jaws and the handle turned around the mop cloth engaged and directed with the chisel shaped point into the corner or crevice desired to be cleaned. In this way the job is completed with one instrument.

Though I have shown and described a particular construction combination and arrangement of parts and portions and a particular application of the holder to a brush, it is obvious that the device may be used for holding a cloth, squeegee, paint brush, duster, waxer, polisher, and the like, and I do not wish to be limited to this particular construction, combination and arrangement, but desire to include in the scope of my invention the construction, combination and arrangement set forth in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In a hold-er of the class described, a handle,

a jaw member secured to one end thereof and transversely thereto and having a jaw at its forward portion, another jaw member having a jaw, the latter jaw being reciprocally mounted in opposed relation to the jaw of the first jaw member and engageable with the latter jaw, the first jaw member having a flat lip extending backwardly from the lower portion of the jaw thereof at an obtuse angle to the axis of the handle and substantially parallel with the floor or wall adapted to be cleaned.

2. In a holder of the class described, a handle, a jaw member secured at one end of the handle and provided at its forward side with a jaw, a U- shaped wire jaw member reciprocally mounted with its cross portion in opposed relation to the jaw of the first jaw member, said U-shaped wire jaw member having backwardly extending legs, and the jaw of the first jaw member having slots extending inwardly from the lateral ends thereof for receiving said legs, the first jaw member being also provided with downwardly extending lugs, backwardly of said jaws, for retaining said legs in said slots, and means mounted on the handle and secured to the rear ends of the legs for shifting the second jaw member forwardly.

3. In a holder of the class described, the combination with an implement having a holding portion at its upper side, of a handle, a jaw member secured at one end of and transversely to the handle and provided at its forward side with a locating portion at an obtuse angle to the handle to prevent up and down movement of the implement held thereby, and a wire jaw member reciprocally and resiliently mounted in opposed relation to the first jaw member and in a direction coaxial with the handle, said wire jaw member having a loop portion at its forward end, the cross portion of the loop portion engaging the forward side of said holding portion, and the ends of the loop portion being positioned immediately beyond the ends of said holding portion.

CHESTER A. TAYLOR. 

